Saturday, November 20, 2010

I forgot to write a post last night. I went to the movies with my mom and two of her friends to see the Harry Potter movie, and then we went out to eat. I didn't get home until a little after 11, and then my boyfriend got home from work soon after that, so posting something on my blog was the last thing on my mind. I'm surprised I lasted as long as I did, although my posts weren't very high-quality.

Harry Potter was awesome, as usual. Even though I knew it was going to be a cliffhanger, since the last book was broken up into two separate movies, I didn't want it to end. And I don't want to wait for part two to come out!

I'm so excited to be off work this week. Tomorrow we are going to have Thanksgiving dinner with my boyfriend's extended family out of town, and then Monday I am going to visit my sister and spend the night with her. Thursday we are going out for Thanksgiving dinner, because my mother has decided she doesn't want to cook this year. This is totally fine with me; I haven't been a huge Thanksgiving fan since we moved away from family. To me, Thanksgiving is a big family holiday, and going to all the trouble for just a few people seems more depressing than festive. Going out to eat lets us still spend time together without the depressing quality, I think. Afterward, we're coming back to our house for dessert and hanging out, to let my nephew and niece run around in the big backyard.

Hopefully Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I will be able to relax and do absolutely nothing. Then it's back to work for a few weeks before Christmas break.

Friday, November 12, 2010

I am having a ton of issues with my internet right now. I just figure out how to post by email from my phone, so I'll do that the rest of the month if I need to. Now I have to hurry and post this before I lose my connection again.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

I am thinking about asking for a new point-and-shoot camera for Christmas. My boyfriend has given me a budget of about $250.

In the past, I've had Kodak cameras and loved them. My pictures always turned out nicely with them. However, with three consecutive Kodak cameras I had the same problem after owning them for about a year: the camera wouldn't recognize new batteries. I would put brand new batteries in the camera, and the camera would turn on only for a second and the dead battery icon would show up. Before this problem, batteries didn't last long at all. I was buying new batteries a lot. I did finally get rechargeable batteries but they still didn't last too long.

Anyway, after the third Kodak camera, I decided to try a new brand. I got a Canon Powershot because my roommate had a Canon and she loved hers, and it had lasted forever. I like that instead of AA batteries it comes with its own rechargeable battery, and the battery life is great. However, I hate the pictures it takes. I can take about 50 pictures and end up with 10 or so I like.

I do realize it's the operator that mostly controls the picture quality, and I'm no professional. But I never had that problem with the Kodaks.

My boyfriend has some sort of Nikon point-and-shoot with a touchscreen, and I don't like it. I am not sure what I don't like about it, though, so it may be something I could just get used to.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

My dog is insane. She's a Jack Russell. I'm not sure what possessed my boyfriend to choose this breed when he decided to get me a puppy for my birthday, but he did.I imagine it's hard to take pictures of puppies, anyway, but the ridiculous hyperactivity of this dang dog makes it almost impossible. This is what happens:Sigh.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Saturday, November 6, 2010

A few of my recent favorites from flickr. One of my favorite things to do is explore flickr and find new favorite pictures. It seems like each time I do it, I end up "favoriting" a ton of pictures with something in common. Same color, same feeling, etc. I've been liking fall pictures lately, obviously.

Monday, November 1, 2010

spent time at a craft show with my boyfriend's mom, aunts, and cousin.

spent maybe too much money at said craft show.

felt like drawing--so I did! And I liked it!

didn't feel like going anywhere Saturday night--so I didn't! And I liked it!

watched a lot of Dexter on DVD--I'm on season 4!

went out to eat with my boyfriend at one of my favorite restaurants.

did laundry, washed dishes, and other boring stuff.

made progress on training the pup to stop jumping already GOOD GRIEF!

Not an extremely event-filled weekend, but a much-needed relaxing weekend.

Oh, see that awesome typewriter badge to the right, and the banner at the top of this post? Yeah... I'm not usually good at the whole following-through thing (as evidenced by previous posts referring to art journal workshops which I never finished); however, I am determiend to stick with this. A post a day for the month of November.

I have started a list of possible topics in case I get stuck, so there might be some lame list-type posts around here this month. We'll see.